Sakuma Drops, fruit juice candy packaged in a tin can from Japan, is well known for its appearance in one of Ghibli Studio’s animated films, Grave of the Fireflies. Nevertheless, it’s one of the hardest candy cases to crack; I had to look for coins on my purse or whatever I can find inside my bag to open this tin can. I did look up on Google to see what others said about this. It seems to me, everybody is facing the same problem. Somebody actually brings a screwdriver inside the bag! o.O”

Hand! I was bored so I looked for my sakuma drops can and tried opening it without any tool (I know this is a totally random way to kill boredom). I sat down and tried opening it. It was hard and painful when I used my hand to open for the first time. I pulled one side of the cap, let’s say the left side of the can.

One thing is still in my mind about this sakuma drops; I understand these sweets are made from fruit juices or at least they are made of fruits but someone was saying that there is a takoyaki flavored drop sold in Japan, is that true? Please do let me know if anyone has come across this takoyaki flavored drop (would love to try that very much!) and if anyone has other ways to open this, do let me know as well (would love to hear that very much!) =D